Limestone handle of a patera or a fire shovel ending in a ram’s head

Limestone handle of a patera or a fire shovel ending in a ram’s head

Description:

Handle ending in a ram's head.


Overall: 2 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (6 x 14 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

500 - 401 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XXVII.73, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1690, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 416, pp. 296-97, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5151